Malaysian Street Art City

After a night spent in Langkawi where we had a delicious Indian dinner and watched Liverpool beat Tottenham, we took a morning ferry to Penang. Once in George Town port, we grabbed a "Grab" to our cozy, cute and comfortable home stay to drop our bags and start exploring the city.
It didn't take long to realise that George Town would become our favourite spot in Malaysia. The colonial buildings, the cute bars and restaurants, the multicultural vibe of the Chinese neighbourhoods, "Little India" ready for Diwali, and all the tourists slowly strolling through the streets searching for the multiple graffiti and iron art work hidden in each corner and alleyway, were more than enough to ignite our enthusiasm. So we just embraced the mood and walked for two days... We also had a lovely Japanese BBQ dinner, had beers in a bar waiting for torrential rain to stop and visited the potentially interesting but, in reality, overcrowded with tourists, smelly and tacky Clan Jetties of Penang, floating villages on stilts over the water

where Chinese immigrants had established rival communities at the end of the 19th century.
However, the two main highlights of our stay were the visit to the 3D Museum, where clever perspective drawings mixed with 3D elements would create funny illusions that originate even funnier pictures, and the beers, dinner and conversation exchanged with Mike and Nancy, a lovely and interesting retired American couple who we had met on the ferry from Langkawi. After their kids left home to forge their own lives, they embarked on a nomadic life style, with no time frame, fixed home or specific destination. They seem to prefer to travel, constantly learning and mingling with different cultures and people, than routinely stay in their known comfort zone, ever growing roots to the homeland or the sacred family. Inspiring...